marcel dzama.

Make room for cool, Canadian born artist, Marcel Dzama. Save your pennies. His work ain't cheap but completely original and dark and comic and surreal. Wizard of Oz meets the work of Edward Gorey. Colors are muted browns and greens and burnt out reds and oranges. McSweeney's has posted a stellar bio along with a series of interviews in which the artist particapted. Dzama’s drawings are hand-tinted with watercolor and root beer (yes, ROOT BEER!) are inhabited by strange fairytale creatures a la the (signature) tearful ghosts, human trees, bear suits, dracula figures and weird green monsters. He wrote a sold-out hardcover book for McSweeney's: The Berlin Years now available in paper.

Want something of Dzama's you can afford? His salt and pepper shakers are around $50. And, this cute and kooky lamp (below), available at Artbrat and Giant Robot (about $150).



It's based on his "Saddest Ghost" from a 2004 exhibit @ Richard Heller Gallery.